The Making of a Serial Killer https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-superhuman-mind/201212/the-making-serial-killer This article provides a basic look at what a serial killer is, the title, however, is deceiving as this article talks about both the biological and social making of a serial killer. The article states that a possible cause of psychopathy is the way the child was raised. If a child was abused, emotionally or physically then some would say that this child would likely suffer from…
Community College of Aurora Theodore Robert Bundy, AKA Ted Bundy, is one of the more well-known serial killers in this nation. Before his death in 1989, he had confessed to thirty-six murders, but the number is likely much higher and some estimate it’s likely in the hundreds. Bundy was a serial rapist and killer, he raped his victims before beating them to death, that had a tristate murder spree. Bundy had escaped prison twice, before he was eventually caught and put on his final trial when he…
Into The Chaos A serial killer can be defined as someone who kills three or more people over more than a month (7). The actions and backgrounds of serial killers are closely studied for many reasons such as criminal investigations. These people kill without remorse and never stop until the law takes action on them. Every action they do is closely studied to find familiarities and predict their actions. Every serial killers life tells a story that reveals more information to investigators about…
Serial killers, A serial killer is a person who kills multiple people in their life. Serial killers can be misleading like they look normal, but ounces you get to know their deep dark past you would want to run. the killers that i did is Ted bundy and Donald “ pee wee” gaskin. Thesis killers are the most dangerous killers that i can find. What got me instead in thesis killers and their crimes is their backstory like they…
as one of Canada’s most notorious serial killers. Active through the years 1980-1981 he was responsible for eleven gruesome murders in that short time span. The shocking nature of his crimes ensured nobody would forget his notorious deeds. To build on that, Olson is loathed because he extorted authorities into paying $100,000 for the locations of his victims’ remains, an agreement that haunted the survivors of Olson’s crimes. Furthermore, his crime spree led neighbourhoods that once claimed to…
between right and wrong. Psychotic serial killers do not have many victims because they do not take notice where they kill or even take the steps to try and cover it up. Psychopath serial killers are very anti-social, egocentric, and they do know the difference between right and wrong. They do as they please but they take care in making sure they do not get caught. They tend to blend in with society and are harder to catch. Being around a serial killer before he or she is caught; one could say…
Evolution of an American Serial Killer Cruelty towards animals, arson, and enuresis. These three factors contribute to what is known as the MacDonald Triad. A method that was used to determine a serial killer in the making (Beck). Though this theory had been disproved, others have taken its place and evolved alongside the serial killer themselves. The first documented American serial killer dates back to the eighteen hundreds, or more specifically eighteen ninety-three, in Chicago, Illinois.…
“It could be worse – I could be fat” These were the words of Joanna Dennehy, the third woman in the United Kingdom to be sentenced to life in prison as she was being processed after being arrested (Smith, para. 1). Dennehy, born in 1982, was arrested at the age of 30 and convicted for three murders and the attempt of 2 additional murders in the year 2013. From a cute baby-faced angel arose a murderous Joanna Dennehy. Alongside her accomplice Gary Stretch, age 42, Dennehy committed a heinous…
Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole Gibran Valenzuela LaFayette High School Abstract Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole were 2 serial killers that met on 1976 in a soup kitchen. They soon started a sexual relationship. Together they started a serial killer behavior. The story of what happened after that is unclear, but it is believed that they were responsible for over 200 murders. Exactly how many people they killed is unknown. One of their most used methods to kill was arson. It was reported that…
serial killer who was never found. Till this day no one knows who he was. The BTK killer or BTK strangler as he was called, was a man who FBI discovered, and was apprehended for the gruesome crimes he committed. Although these two serial killers are different they have many things in common too. For example they both had hatred towards women so they only targeted women and they would also send letters after they killed. They were different because their time period was different.The BTK killers…